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0.5.4 6/24/2026

0.5.4 Patch Notes

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If 0.5.3 fixed Expedition’s reward structure, 0.5.4 gives Expedition its own Atlas tree and promotes it into a standalone farming axis. A dedicated ~24-node tree appears, with points earned by defeating the bosses of The Grand Expedition questline. A league mechanic moves from “an encounter you sometimes bump into while mapping” to “a thing you specialise into deliberately.”

The change with the widest reach here, though, isn’t Expedition — it’s level-scaling on skill-granting Unique items. They now grant the lowest skill level whose requirements you meet and scale up to the item’s maximum, which means low-level Uniques you previously could not equip at all are usable from early campaign. The flip side is that some Uniques gained level requirements — The Sacred Flame, Eventide Petals and Choir of the Storm all now want level 55 — so any list of levelling Uniques you were working from needs rechecking after this patch.

Two new currencies arrive. Liquid Verisium instantly opens a Remnant encounter (bought from Farrow with Verisium once you allocate the new “Feeling Lucky?” passive), while the four Orb of Sacrifice variants upgrade a Corrupted Enchantment at the cost of randomly deleting an explicit modifier. The first speeds up the Expedition farming loop; the second reopens items that corruption had otherwise closed off.

The 0.5.4b hotfix (~July 2) mostly deletes situations where you couldn’t finish or couldn’t collect: Arbiter of Divinity dropping loot in unreachable spots, the stun/freeze immunity windows in Tor Gul, the Defiler fights, and players getting hard-stuck in Doryani’s Science after failing Immured Fury.

New content — Expedition Atlas Passive Tree

  • Added an Expedition Atlas Passive Tree (~24 nodes) dedicated to Runes of Aldur and the Remnant system. Points are earned by defeating each boss in The Grand Expedition questline.
  • New currency Liquid Verisium — instantly starts a Runic Remnant Encounter with a random Runic Inscription; bought from Farrow with Verisium after allocating the new “Feeling Lucky?” passive.
  • Grand Expeditions now roll 1–2 Expedition Map Modifiers (Increased Runic Monster Markers, Runic Monsters are Duplicated, additional Remnants, and more).

New currency & endgame (Atziri / Temple)

  • Killing Atziri, the Red Queen now has a chance to drop 1 of 4 new Orb of Sacrifice currencies — they upgrade Corrupted Enchantments at the cost of randomly removing an explicit modifier (works on double-corrupted items too).
  • Several Pinnacle Bosses had unintentionally-high resistances lowered; Arbiter of Ash sword-plunge damage bonus reduced and its duration cut from 30s to 20s.

Level-scaling Unique items

  • Skill-granting Uniques now grant the lowest skill level you meet requirements for, scaling up to the item’s max (e.g., Lifesprig’s Level 20 Mana Drain can be equipped at level 1 for a Level 1 version).
  • Consequently some Uniques gained level requirements: The Sacred Flame, Eventide Petals, and Choir of the Storm now require level 55.

New unique

  • Added The Master’s Reach (Unique Gloves) — grants the Untether skill (plants Abyssal-energy seeds that explode) and Reveals Weakness on Rare/Unique enemies; drops from a fully Lich-empowered Vessel of Kulemak.

Bug fixes & QoL

  • Fixed Atlas Passives not applying to Abyssal Depths; Fabled Showdown now correctly rewards a Tier 5 Rare with four modifiers (was 2). Holding Alt on currency/fragments shows total count in inventory. Fixed 8 client + 4 instance crashes.

0.5.4b (hotfix, ~July 2)

  • Removed most stun/freeze immunity windows from all Tor Gul, the Defiler fights; improved the Minion Phase in Tasgul, Swallower of Light. Fixed Arbiter of Divinity dropping loot in unreachable spots (defeating it re-enables the exit elevator).
  • Doryani’s Science: players stuck after failing Immured Fury now get a guaranteed spawn attempt every 3 Corrupted Nexus maps.
  • Orb of Sacrifice added to the Currency Exchange; Master’s Reach now supports the Martial Artist’s Way of the Stonefist ascendancy passive; plus various fixes.

Official patch notes